I was prescribed Risperdal to help with the urge to self-harm. It worked (and works; 6 or 7 years later I'm still on it) like a charm.

I became severely physically ill last winter and was cold-turkeyed off all my psych meds in the hospital -- but they gave me back my Effexor and Risperdal in a hurry! I'm at lesser doses of both now, but they're both still working. I haven't self-injured in quite awhile (11 months and counting), but Risperdal's anti-depressant properties help keep the Effexor going, for me, anyway.

In a nutshell, I really like it, and I've never had any weird side effects (no side effects at all, actually).

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